Claude Code Burned Through My Entire Weekly Limit in 4 Hours — Here's What I Learned

I thought the $200/month Claude Max plan would be unlimited. I was wrong. What Happened I was refactoring a large TypeScript codebase using Claude Code. Four parallel sessions. Each one exploring different parts of the architecture, making changes, running tests. Four hours later: "You've reached your usage limit." The entire weekly allocation. Gone. On a Monday morning. The Invisible Problem Claude Code doesn't give you a real-time usage meter. You get a vague percentage somewhere in the settings, but by the time you check it, you're already at 95%. There's no warning at 50%. No alert at 75%. You just... hit the wall. And when you're running parallel sessions? Each one is eating through your limit independently. You multiply the burn rate by the number of sessions, but the visibility stays at zero. What I Do Now After getting burned (literally), I set up a few things: 1. Monitor Before You Start I use TokenBar to check my Claude Code limit before starting any heavy session. It sits in